recursive signal handling

Mon Jul 16 03:56:00 GMT 2001

Tony Kimball writes:
 > Quoth Andrew Haley on Friday, 13 July:
 > : > Is there a good reason why the signal handler
 > : > is reinstated during execution?
 > : 
 > : Is it? Where?
 > 
 > I haven't seen where, but the fact that it is recurring seems to
 > make a good prima facie case that it is, in fact.
I don't think so. What is happening is that a SEGV occurs before the
SEGV handler has returned.
Andrew.